{"id":132111,"date":"2024-12-01T12:09:05","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T05:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=132111"},"modified":"2024-12-01T12:09:05","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T05:09:05","slug":"georgian-president-calls-government-illegitimate-claiming-rigged-election-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=132111","title":{"rendered":"Georgian president calls government illegitimate, claiming rigged election | Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The Georgian president, Salome Zourabichvili, has called the country\u2019s government illegitimate and said she would not leave office when her term ends next month, defying the prime minister as he accused pro-EU opposition forces of plotting revolution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The South Caucasus country was thrown into crisis on Thursday when the prime minister of the Georgian Dream party, Irakli Kobakhidze, said it was halting EU accession talks for the next four years over what it called \u201cblackmail\u201d of Georgia by the bloc, abruptly reversing a long-standing national goal.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"0dbe8581-9be4-4979-a2b8-1056feda75e1\" data-spacefinder-role=\"supporting\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-a2pvoh\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1pvqcrw\"><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><svg width=\"18\" height=\"13\" viewbox=\"0 0 18 13\"><path d=\"M18 3.5v8l-1.5 1.5h-15l-1.5-1.5v-8l1.5-1.5h3.5l2-2h4l2 2h3.5l1.5 1.5zm-9 7.5c1.9 0 3.5-1.6 3.5-3.5s-1.6-3.5-3.5-3.5-3.5 1.6-3.5 3.5 1.6 3.5 3.5 3.5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Georgia\u2019s president, Salome Zourabichvili, has said the parliament has no right to choose her successor because it is illegimate.<\/span> Photograph: Radek Pietruszka\/EPA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">EU membership is overwhelmingly popular in Georgia, which has the aim of joining the bloc enshrined in its constitution, and the sudden freezing of accession talks has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/nov\/29\/georgia-protest-irakli-kobakhidze-salome-zourabichvili\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">triggered large protests<\/a> in the mountainous country of 3.7 million people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">In an address on Saturday, Zourabichvili, a pro-EU critic of Georgian Dream whose powers are mostly ceremonial, said parliament had no right to elect her successor when her term ends in December, and that she would stay in post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Zourabichvili and other government critics said a 26 October election, in which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/nov\/16\/protests-in-georgia-disputed-vote-election-ban-opposition-russia\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Georgian Dream won almost 54% of the vote<\/a>, was rigged, and that the parliament it elected is illegitimate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cThere is no legitimate parliament and, therefore, an illegitimate parliament cannot elect a new president. Thus, no inauguration can take place, and my mandate continues until a legitimately elected parliament is formed,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Earlier, Kobakhidze accused opponents of the halt to EU accession of plotting a revolution, along the lines of Ukraine\u2019s 2014 Maidan protest, which ousted a pro-Russian president.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cSome people want a repeat of that scenario in Georgia. 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srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ab54badbc81221e38285d15aeeb199e8ba5e60cb\/0_260_5000_2814\/5000.jpg?width=465&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" media=\"(min-width: 320px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 320px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ab54badbc81221e38285d15aeeb199e8ba5e60cb\/0_260_5000_2814\/5000.jpg?width=465&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" media=\"(min-width: 320px)\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Unrest in Georgia after government suspends EU accession talks \u2013\u00a0video \" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ab54badbc81221e38285d15aeeb199e8ba5e60cb\/0_260_5000_2814\/5000.jpg?width=465&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" height=\"259\" width=\"460\" class=\"dcr-my5zgw\"\/><\/picture><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1fujct4\"><span class=\"dcr-1alawo7\"><svg width=\"36\" height=\"23\" viewbox=\"0 0 36 23\"><path d=\"M3.2 0l-3.2 3.3v16.4l3.3 3.3h18.7v-23h-18.8m30.4 1l-8.6 8v5l8.6 8h2.4v-21h-2.4\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Unrest in Georgia after government suspends EU accession talks \u2013\u00a0video <\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/gu-island><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The country\u2019s interior ministry said on Saturday it had detained 107 people in the capital, Tbilisi, overnight during a protest in which demonstrators built barricades along the central Rustaveli Avenue and hurled fireworks at riot police, who used water cannon and teargas to disperse them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Georgia\u2019s domestic intelligence agency, the state security service, said \u201cspecific political parties\u201d were attempting to \u201coverthrow the government by force\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Many thousands of protesters were gathering late on Saturday in Tbilisi, building barricades outside parliament where there was a large presence of riot police. Local media reported protests in towns and cities throughout the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Hundreds of employees at Georgia\u2019s foreign, defence, justice and education ministries, and at the central bank, have signed open letters condemning the decision to freeze EU accession talks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Major businesses, including the London-listed banks TBC Bank and Bank of Georgia stated their support for EU accession, while Georgia\u2019s most senior diplomats in Italy and the Netherlands resigned in protest on Saturday, local media reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, a star of Georgia\u2019s national football team, spoke out in favour of the protesters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cMy country hurts, my people hurt \u2013 it\u2019s painful and emotional to watch the videos that are circulating, stop the violence and aggression! Georgia deserves <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/europe-news\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Europe<\/a> today more than ever!\u201d Kvaratskhelia wrote on Facebook on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Standing outside the parliament building in the capital, where the flags of the EU and Georgia hang side by side, protester Tina Kupreishvili said she wanted Georgia to uphold its constitutional commitment to joining the EU.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cThe people of Georgia are trying to protect their constitution, trying to protect their country and the state, and they are trying to tell our government that rule of law means everything,\u201d she told Reuters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The halt to EU accession caps months of deteriorating relations between Georgian Dream, which has faced allegations of authoritarian and pro-Russian tendencies, and the west.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The party is dominated by Bidzina Ivanishvili, a billionaire ex-prime minister who adopted increasingly anti-western positions in the run-up to the October election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Both the ruling party and Georgia\u2019s electoral commission say the poll was free and fair. Western countries have called for an investigation into alleged violations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The EU had already said Georgia\u2019s application was stalled owing to laws against \u201cforeign agents\u201d and LGBTQ+ rights that it has described as draconian and pro-Russian.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Meanwhile, Georgian Dream has started to build ties with neighbouring Russia, from which Georgia gained independence in 1991.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The two countries have no diplomatic ties since a brief war over a Moscow-backed rebel region in 2008 but restored direct flights in 2023, while Moscow lifted visa restrictions on Georgian nationals earlier this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/nov\/30\/georgian-president-calls-government-illegitimate-claiming-rigged-election\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Georgian president, Salome Zourabichvili, has called the country\u2019s government illegitimate and said she would not leave office when her term ends next month, defying the prime minister as he &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=132111\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=132111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132111\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=132111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=132111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=132111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}